It took me ages to think of what to cook for this years Virtual Vegan Potluck. You may have noticed I have been a bit absent from the kitchen recently, I have some big things going on in my life outside of the blogging world but I will share this with you another time!! (infact … Continue reading
Category Archives: Sharing Platters
Summer Greens Tortilla and a hijacking
Apart from the foodie things I get up to, the occasional festival and the odd moment where I’m feeling blue I don’t share too much about my personal life on here. For no other reason than I’m a little bit shy and so I let the food do the talking. But today I am going … Continue reading
Butternut Squash Fajitas
Today I am re posting one of my most popular recipes, Butternut Squash Fajitas! I noticed that I was getting a large amount of google hits from people searching for this recipe every day, however it was a recipe I posted within my first month of blogging and I felt I wanted to do the … Continue reading
Trio of Bruschetta: Use up those Christmas leftovers!
I am one of those people who starts off every January with good intentions of starting a fresh, only eating marvellous low fat salads and fruits etc. Then I remember the leftover Christmas food in the cupboards so I decide to start a fresh once that had all been eaten 🙂 But this year I’m … Continue reading
Virtual Vegan Potluck – Braised Red Wine and Thyme Puy Lentil and Spiced Pumpkin Puree “Sausage Rolls”
Welcome to the second Virtual Vegan Potluck of 2013!! Not sure what that is? Check out this link and then join the party! Visited before? Then welcome back 🙂 You can either go here to see the complete list of participants or you can start here and click the ‘go forward’ and ‘go backwards’ links … Continue reading
Halloween Party Food – Savoury Dishes to Gross out your Guests
Halloween has always been an event in the UK but it is definitely becoming more of the big celebration it is in America. When I was younger me and all my friends, accompanied by my friends dad, used to go out trick or treating down our road. Neighbours would have been pre warned (not that … Continue reading
Afternoon Tea part 2 – Simple Sweets! (Vegan MoFo)
The traditional cake at an afternoon tea is scones with cream and jam so I decided to start with those! I’ve actually never made scones before (especially vegan ones) so I searched through different scone recipes online and decided to make these delicious looking ‘Summery Scones’ from the brilliant blog “Emily Cooks Vegan“. I followed … Continue reading
Simple Afternoon Tea Sandwich Ideas. Part 1 – Vegan MoFo
I love going for afternoon tea, we usually go to celebrate a special occasion such as my mums birthday or my hen party. There are so many great places with unique takes on the classic tea party and many do vegan and gluten free options now. Afternoon tea is a really old tradition that started … Continue reading
Braised Fennel and Baby Leeks Tapas
I’m still sharing the recipes from my Spanish dinner party! This is by far my favourite tapas dish I have made, it’s packed full of flavour with a subtle sweetness from the fennel and the leeks go really soft and buttery (My mouth is watering writing this post looking at the photos again!). I based … Continue reading
Roasted Tomato and Butter Bean Stew – Perfect Tapas Dish
I’m really getting into the swing of throwing dinner parties, I hosted one on Saturday for my dads birthday and I loved every minute of it from the planning and preparation, sitting and catching up with the guests through to the cleaning up at the end with a buzzing feeling in my tummy!! I’m already … Continue reading